Brantley Project, New Mexico: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation..., 92-2, on H.R.5042....

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Pagina 2 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior Is hereby authorized to construct, operate, and maintain in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and Acts amendatory...
Pagina 33 - Mr. Chairman. Mr. JOHNSON. The gentleman from New Mexico, Mr. Lujan. Mr. LUJAN. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. JOHNSON.
Pagina 27 - The major purposes of this compact are to provide for the equitable division and apportionment of the use of the waters of the Colorado River System; to establish the relative importance of different beneficial uses of water; to promote interstate comity; to remove causes of present and future controversies; and to secure the expeditious agricultural and industrial development of the Colorado River Basin...
Pagina 27 - Compact are to provide for the equitable division and apportionment of the use of the waters of the Pecos River; to promote interstate comity; to remove causes of present and future controversies; to make secure and protect present development within the states; to facilitate the construction of works for, (a) the salvage of water, (b) the more efficient use of water, and (c) the protection of life and property from floods.
Pagina 3 - ... shall be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which construction is initiated, on the basis of the computed average interest rate payable by the Treasury upon its outstanding marketable public obligations, which are neither due or callable for redemption for fifteen years from date of issue.
Pagina 4 - ... wildlife enhancement and for outdoor recreation opportunities. DISCUSSION The Secretary's feasibility report on the project is, as required by law, being prepared for transmittal to the Congress. When transmitted, we will be in a position to make a recommendation concerning enactment of S.
Pagina 2 - Resolved by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein).
Pagina 9 - As a result, the authorized channelization has not been constructed. Public Law 88-594, approved September 12, 1964, authorized the Pecos River Basin water salvage project which is a continuing program, to reduce nonbeneficial consumptive use of water in the basin. That law...
Pagina 5 - I think you can be very proud of Carlsbad. I certainly was. So, with that, thank you, Mr. Chairman. We will now turn to your Congressman from the local area, the host Congressman. He introduced the bill some time ago and has been waiting patiently for a report from the Department. We now have the bill in the record and, also, the Department's report. I want to say that we are very glad to be here. We were certainly treated very hospitably yesterday, and we had a good look at the project from the...
Pagina 27 - Congress is hereby given to the compact, signed (after negotiations in which a representative of the United States, duly appointed by the President, participated and upon which he has reported to the Congress) by the Commissioners for the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, on October 11, 1948, at Santa Fe, N.

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